Tilden advances in race for Democratic nomination
Washington reports buoyant expectations among Democrats that Samuel J. Tilden will seek the presidency, with insiders noting rival factions lack a united front and speculation grows that Tilden could secure the nomination despite opposition and new York bolter rumors. Grant's path to the Republican ticket appears assured, while Blaine and Sherman push to shape the race through strategic delegate management and possible second-place considerations.
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United States Senate
James G. Blaine
United States
Luruer
Robbery and murder attempt near Greensbury home
In a frame house five miles west of Greensbury Mrs. Rachel Smith, 70, and daughter Ellen were attacked at night. Ellen jumped from a second-story window to escape, breaking her fall but injuring herself. The intruder fled. Ellen is hospitalized, and Mrs. Smith is fatally injured. Investigators suspect robbery as the motive after the women recently received interest money.
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Siamese King to Visit America in July
A Paris dispatch reports the Siamese king will sail from Bangkok April 23 for Singapore and Marseilles then Berlin arriving June 5. He travels to Brussels and London, boards an American man-of-war in July for a three week US visit reaching Richmond and Chicago before Lisbon in August and Siam in December, following an invitation to ex president Grant.
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Marseilles
Berlin
Brussels
London
Southampton
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Richmond
Chicago
Lisbon
Grant
Governor Seymour on the Iroquois policy call
Ex governor Horatio Seymour weighs in on Onondaga reservation policy. He cites Bishop Huntington’s view that land should be held in fee by occupants but not sellable. Seymour suggests this change would promote family stewardship, steady improvements, and protection from losing interests, calling it a humane reform.
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Horatio Seymour
Onondaga Reservation
Bishop Huntington
Delta schooner crew rescued after bay storm
The Delta sailing from Harvey Albert county to Boston with eight aboard encountered a fierce gale off the bay on March 24. The vessel listed for about two hours, mast cut away, deck and cabin swept. Crew endured three hours of great suffering with only one loaf of salt water soaked bread. They were sighted by the barque Thomas Perry and rescued.
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Delta
Harvey
Albert County
Boston
Thomas Perry
Mormon Conference Opens in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City the fiftieth annual Mormon conference runs three days with an estimated attendance of 10000. The notable act is the cancellation of an $800000 debt owed to the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company. Fifty missionaries were dispatched to proselyte in the United States and Europe.
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Mormon Church
Perpetual Emigration Fund Company Church Association
Wipe
Utah
United States
Europe
Death of the Mother of Mrs. General Hood
Mrs Elenora Hennan mother of the late Mrs General J B Hood died yesterday and was buried today. Since General Hood and his wife died of fever last year she had custody of their children who are now utterly bereaved.
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Elenora Hennan
J. B. Hood
Pretty and Bad Was Mrs Thorp and Her Crises
A New York letter describes socialite Mrs Gould Thorp and her two male rivals Fred May and Lloyd Phenix. Tales of Fanny Lear and Mrs Beecher frame a gunfire incident in Thorp’s rooms leading to Thorp fainting and Phenix wounded as a finger and ear injuries are recounted amid a web of duels, divorces, and elite Paris and New York circles.
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Confession of Cleophas Lachance in Canadian murder case
Montreal April 10 Constable Bissonnette brings a detailed confession from Cleophas Lachance. He describes luring Odile Desilets, resisting a kiss, then stabbing and bludgeoning her to death near a well, dragging the body, and concealing it with a wood and debris before washing hands and fleeing toward his family home. He is jailed at Arthabaska awaiting criminal term.
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Bissonnette
Balistrode
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Cure Lessard
Arthabaska
Penniless Faro Gambler Scribner Leaves $260000
Benjamin C. Scribner once famed as Old Scrib, died at Brower House aged 77. A veteran gambler, he learned faro in 1831 and built wealth, later running financial affairs for Morrissey. His daughter survived him, as he left about $260000 to her. he refused a minister before death.
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Benjamin C. Scribner
Brower House
United States
Scrib
Albany
Faro
Cedar Street
Scribner
John Morrissey
Saratoga
Agen
Morrissey
Sherman
French Fair Memento Recounts Charity for Paris Siege
An 1872 Boston fair memento honoring zealous charity during the Paris siege has resurfaced. The French Academy awarded 2000 francs to the Christian Brothers, with Abner’s note recalling Racine and prompting reflection on changing times.
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Racine
What's in a Name CuicaGo Bigamist Thomas Davis Arrest
Thomas Davis, not related to C E Davis, is named as a bigamist with wives in Indianapolis and Chicago. He worked in Chicago rolling mills until recently and is now under arrest in Pittsburg on larceny and bigamy charges, with a warrant left behind here.
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C. E. Davis
Indianapolis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Hart Wins Great Walk At Madison Square Garden Record Shatters Limits
In New York on April 10 a historic pedestrian contest at Madison Square Garden ended with Frank H Hart of Boston eclipsing all records by miles. Pegram, Hart's chief rival, finished second as Howard of Glen Cove placed third and J Dobler of Chicago fourth. The event drew a massive crowd and featured eighteen starters from across the country. Hart hit 665 miles, securing the O Leary belt with a dramatic finish, while Pegram set notable marks and Dobler earned the fourth prize.
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Mechanics’ Pavilion
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Stamford
Conn
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Carlisle
J. Dobler
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Sketches of the Wictors in the Grand Pedestrian Struggle
Frank Hart, a plucky young pedestrian born in Hayti in 1857, rose to fame in the United States with 119 miles in 29 hours during a 1879 go-as-you-please race in Music Hall. He later set a 362 mile six-day record in Providence, leading the field by ten miles and drawing praise from Dan O'Leary for his potential.
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Rose Belt
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Lacouse
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Dan O'Leary
Hart and Others Win O Leary Contest at Madison Square Garden
New York reports checks handed by Referee William Curtis to winners in the late O Leary contest at Madison Square Garden. Hart received 16 0670 dollars, Peygram 3483 83, Howard 1741 91, Dobler 870 06, Allen 435 48, Krohne 217 74, Williama 108 87, Hanawaker 5443. Receipts total 14 841 60 with expenses 4602 leaving 13 880 88. Allen won an arm chair prize after an 88 mile, one sixth day. Hart’s share includes sweepstakes deposits and a 25 percent gross receipts plus a bonus for beating a record.
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William Curtis
Wilkes
Spirit of the ‘Times Office
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Vegram
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Dobler
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Krohne
Williama
Hanawaker
Ross
Curis
Blower Brown
Death by poison shocks Grantham community
Miss Joe Magreenturget Hall, nineteen, died after reportedly taking a full vial of cedar oil at her Grantham home. Her lover admitted obtaining the poison and aiding in funeral preparations. An inquest, post mortem, and local investigation followed as the town mourned the tragedy.
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Joe Magreenturget
A. Hall
Hook's
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Newport
L. D. Dunbar
Daniel 8
Hastings
William Wallace
Thomas Sanborn
Perkins
Hurd
Kempton
Arenews
Christian Church
William H. Eastman
Liberal victory grows in Britain's election reports
London reports Liberal gains across the country with 316 seats to 193 for Tories and 39 for Home Rule. In Scotland Tories suffer heavy losses while Gladstone’s potential cabinet role stirs Berlin editors. Armenia famine details and Burmah barbarism events follow with casualty notes and regional context.
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Home Rulers
Staffordshire
Hanbury
Gladstone
Scotland
Explosion in Downington Kills Two, Injures Ten
A dynamite blast at a stone quarry in Downington Chester county fatally injures John Power and Robert Taylor while eight others including Augustus Daly John O Neill John Collins James Fox James McGovern John McPadden John Coleman and John Carlin suffer serious injuries.
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Downington
Chester County
John Power
Robert Taylor
Augustus Daly
John O'Neill
John Collins
James Fox
James McGovern
John McPadden
John Coleman
John Carlin
A Husband's Vengeance on a Scamp
Plymouth New Hampshire April 9 A tale of domestic wrongs and vengeance from Campton Hollow reports Noah Elliot a notorious young scamp found secreted in a closet after spending the night with a resident's wife. The husband attacked Elliot breaking his arm and pursuing further blows before the wife stopped him and Elliot fled into the woods. Elliot, about twenty five, has been linked to arson and highway robbery with his neck spared only by chance.
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Campton Hollow
Noah Elliot
Grafton County
Elliot
Corner in Opium Sparks Wall Street London Speculation
Druggists report a corner in opium with a syndicate formed by Wall Street and London speculators buying for two months. Prices rose from $4 560 to $650 plus $1 duty per pound. World stock about 4000 cases of 150 pounds each, London 700, New York 1300, with Turkey crop expected at 8000 pounds and annual consumption around 6000 cases. In war times prices reached high levels due to speculation.
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Wall Street
London
Turkey
Oregon Democrats Not for Tilden
A Portland telegram says five of Oregon’s six national Democratic delegates to Cincinnati favor Fieldmen and that Oregon’s Tilden support at the state convention carries little significance. Judge Fiela’s allies are reportedly content with the outlook.
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Portland, Or
Cincinnati
Oregon
Tilden
Hendricks
6Tol
Fiela
Mysterious death in Washington shocks city scene
James Hawkins, a colored resident, was found dead in a shed near his home in Washington on April 11. An ugly head wound was noted near the back of his car. Wells, who had threatened Hawkins, was arrested on suspicion, but investigators have not determined if the death was a murder or a self-inflicted or accidental wound.
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General Grant
Grant
Blaine
Senator Blaine
James G. Blaine
Senate
Washington
James Hawkins
Wells
Hawkins
Chinaman’s naturalization and party loyalties revealed
A Philadelphia interview with Wah Lee on Ninth Street depicts Chinese arrivals aiming for naturalization. He favors Greenback over Republican or Democratic, saying Greenback helps him build a house and keep a shop, while he plans to vote accordingly. He ends by resuming work as the reporter exits.
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Philadelphia
Wah Lee
Ninth Street
Race
Lee
Melican Ailee
Gleenblack
Railway Coach Tumbles From Bridge Near Bellaire
BeLuarky April 9. One Bellaire and Southwestern train coach with twenty passengers plunged from a trestle eighteen miles from Bellaire last night. William Danford, son of ex congressman Danford, is reported dead along with several others whose identities are not learned. This marks the second serious accident on the line in recent months.
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BeLuarky
Bellaire
Murder at Elmira Reformatory Inmate Killings
Inmates George Reed and John Abbott clashed at the Elmira Reformatory hollowware shop. Abbott struck Reed with a poker at the base of the head, killing him. Reed had been jailed for grand larceny from New York City, Abbott for highway robbery.
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Reformatory
George Reed
New York City
John Abbots
Abbott
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